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US-10943238

Transaction authorization method

PublishedMarch 9, 2021
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Technical Abstract

A method for authorizing a transaction reading out a first code and a second code by means of a first mobile device. The second code contains information items for decrypting the first code. From the read-out codes a first signature confirming the transaction vis-à-vis the system is generated, which is transmitted to the system. Subsequently, an authorization of the transaction is effected.

Patent Claims
13 claims

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1. A method for authorizing a transaction, the method comprising: reading out a first code generated by a system for the transaction, by a first reader of a first mobile device, with the first code having been encrypted, reading out a second code, which is dedicated to the system and has at least one information item for decrypting the first code, the second code being read out by a second reader of the first mobile device, generating a first signature confirming the transaction by way of the system from the previously decrypted first code, transmitting the first signature to the system, and transmitting the first signature and a second signature identifying the system to a service facility in order to authorize the transaction.

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2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first signature is generated in the first mobile device, in particular in a secure element of the first mobile device.

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3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission of the first signature to the system is effected with the first mobile device and/or a second mobile device to which the first mobile device is connected via an over-the-air interface.

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4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the transmitting of the first signature to the system is effected via an over-the-air interface including a Bluetooth, wireless LAN, infrared and/or mobile radio interface.

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5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the service facility sends verification data confirming the execution of the transaction to a second mobile device.

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6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first mobile device must be unlocked before readout such that the first mobile device must be unlocked by input of a password and/or by furnishing of a biometric authentication feature.

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7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the system is a point-of-sale system.

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8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first code is a two-dimensional code including a secure QR code.

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9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second code is an NFC code according to ISO 14443.

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10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first mobile device is a watch, in particular a smartwatch.

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11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein before the generating of the signature on the first mobile device transaction data are rendered on a display device of the first and/or the second mobile device.

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12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a smartwatch is used in the reading out of the first code and the reading out of the second code, the smartwatch including the first reader and the second reader.

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13. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the system is a point-of-sale system that generates the first code generated for the transaction and the second code, wherein the point-of-sale system is dedicated to the system and has the at least one information item for decrypting the first code.

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Filing Date

January 27, 2015

Publication Date

March 9, 2021

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